This what keeps me busy.
About ten years ago, I was given the task of taking care of the new plant. It was going to be our welding devision. A newer adventure for this company. ( they had a small unit before ) We recieved a take over job. It was a robotic welder. This was like way out there for me, but after time, I got to know and program it . Then a few years later, we got another. Busy busy busy. Then a few years after that, we got another. This one was the gen2. I already had the first gen down ( simple really once you get to know it), but needed to learn some new operations of the machine. It turned out to make the job/ programing, easier.
I dont know how we keep getting all these jobs (not complaining, it,s job security ) but man, I was starting to get over whelmed being the one man show. That was until 3 months ago, when we finally hired a young fella that is up with the new. I am so happy. I have been asking for this for the last 3 years. Tired of the old school boys that thought they had the answers to all. Yet, what they knew, I already did.
News came of two new projection welders coming in for a huge supplier for Honda. Both here in Aliston and the USA ( Alabama ). Lucky for me, I already had many years of using and working with this type of welder.
They arrived 3 weeks ago and will be ready for full blown production in a week. Lots of work went into these. Will produce 500,000-1,000,000 parts a year. Thats X- 5 different parts.
I guess the company figured I needed more work to do, so yeasterday, the newest addition of the welding family arrived. I never got to go and see it before it was to arrive as I was off with my eye thing. When it arrived, I was like OMG,
It just squeezed in the over head door. Once in place, I was all over it. It was a thing of beauty. Turning axis table, duel gen 3 robots, two drive systems that will allow for no spatter and better flow control of the welds. I also found out we have some big pipe weld jobs on the go. This is going to be fun to learn and PLAY with. Yes PLAY.I love programing these things. I have to say though, I am looking forward to my course to keep up. For now, it,s going to be the young gun to handle it for now. For the first time since I have had this job, I am happy to hand it over. For now.LOL J/K. Im comfortable being second fiddle now.
It will probly be a month or so before its up and running production, but will be taking some video of the dueo dancing.
Im sure this will not be last, as talk of expanding the building is in the air.